{title: Lonely boy}
{artist: Andrew Gold}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 125}
{key: A}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
[A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
[A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
[A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
he was [A]born on a [D]summer [E]day, 19[A]51 [A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
and with a [A]slap of a [D]hand, he had [E]landed as an [A]only son [A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
his [F#m]mother and father said, "what a [A6/E]lovely boy
we'll [DM7]teach him what we learned, ah, [E6]yes, just what we learned
we'll [F#m]dress him up warmly, and we'll [A6/E]send him to school
it'll [DM7]teach him how to fight, to be [C#7sus4]nobody's [C#7]fool"
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[D]oh, [G#dim]oh, what a [C#m7]lonely [Am6/C]boy
[A/B]oh, what a [B7]lonely [D]boy
[D/E]oh, what a lonely [A]boy
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Link}
[A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
[A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
in the [A]summer of [D]'5[E]3, his mother brought [A]him a sister [A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
and she told him, [A] "we must at[D]tend to her [E]needs,
she's so much [A]younger than you" [A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
well, he [F#m]ran down the hall and he [A6/E]cried
oh, [DM7]how could his parents have [E6]lied?
when they [F#m]said he was their only [A6/E]son
he [DM7]thought he was their only [C#7sus4]one [C#7]
{end_of_verse}
{chorus: Chorus 1}
{start_of_part: Link}
[A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
[A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
[A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
[A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Solo}
[D] [F#m7] [D] [F#m7]
[D] [F#m7] [D] [F#m7]
goodbye [D]mama, [F#m7] goodbye [D]you [F#m7]
goodbye [D]papa, [F#m7] I'm pushing on [D]through [F#m7]
[Bm7]
[D/A] [E/G#] [D/F#] [E] [D]
[G#dim] [C#m7] [Am6/C]
[A/B] [B7] [D] [D/E]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Link}
[A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
[A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
he left [A]home on a [D]winter [E]day, 19[A]69 [A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
and he hoped to [A]find all the [D]love he had [E]lost in that [A]earlier time [A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
well, his [F#m]sister grew up, and she [A6/E]married a man
he [DM7]gave her a son, ah, [E6]yes, a lovely son
they [F#m]dressed him up warmly, they [A6/E]sent him to school
it [DM7]taught him how to fight, to be [C#7sus4]nobody's [C#7]fool
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 2}
[D]oh, [G#dim]oh, what a [C#m7]lonely [Am6/C]boy
[A/B]oh, what a [B7]lonely [D]boy
[D/E]oh, what a lonely [F#m]boy [A6/E]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 3}
[D]oh, [G#dim]oh, what a [C#m7]lonely [Am6/C]boy
[A/B]oh, what a [B7]lonely [D]boy
[D/E]oh, what a lonely [A]boy
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Outtro}
[A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
[A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
[A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
[A/C#] [D] [E/G#] [A]
{end_of_part}